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Musk's SpaceX rocket production facility approved by Port of Los Angeles
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space...SKBN20K01N
Did you ever dream on working in a space related facility? Well, now you might do that since Elon Musk now has no reason why he can't build a SpaceX facility at the above mentioned port.

Samsung Electronics says UK website error exposed data of 150 customers
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-samsu...SKCN20K09C
Well, I guess that anybody NOT living in the UK right now won't be affected by this inexcusable security mistake.

U.S. agency slams brakes on self-driving EasyMile shuttles after passenger injury
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos...SKBN20J2N6

EasyMile said the suspension followed an incident in which a passenger fell from a seat in Columbus, Ohio last week while the shuttle was driving 7 miles per hour (11 kph) “and made an emergency stop as it is programmed to do for safety."

I don't wanna be mean but who falls of their seat when a car or bus is driving 7 mph or 11 kph? It's supposed to be too slow as to force you to even move in any way possible.

Massive changes to California voting spark fears of Iowa-style primary chaos
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-e...SKBN20J1J7
Californians, you gonna suffer for sure.

China Eastern unveils OTT Airlines to operate Chinese-made jets
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china...SKCN20K0R9
You know, I'd blame the US for selling them engines and other parts. They gotta have reverse engineered the parts by now...

The Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Section

Coronavirus: Outbreak spreads in Europe from Italy
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51638095

In Brazil, local media reported on Tuesday that an initial test on a 61-year-old man who had recently been to northern Italy had come out positive.
They said the man from São Paulo would be tested again for final confirmation.
The individual, whose name was not given, arrived back in Brazil at the height of the carnival festivities, when millions of people travel around the country. Officials fear the timing of his return makes it more likely the coronavirus could have spread.

So now countries like Brazil, Algeria, Austria, Switzerland, Croatia report local cases. Spain confirmed a new case on the mainland, specifically in Barcelona. They had been struggling with those cases identified in their islands already. Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait and Oman are dealing with cases of people that might have contracted it in Iran.

In Iran, fewer than 100 people have officially been infected but it's assumed the numbers are far higher. The infection of the country's deputy health minister has deepened fears that the virus has already spread widely.

So that deputy minister becomes the first (non Chinese) politician to contract the coronavirus.

Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged all nations to "tell the truth about the coronavirus", saying that Washington was concerned that Iran may have concealed "vital details" about its outbreak.

Well, if China hasn't been entirely honest with the Covid-19, what makes Pompeo think Iran will do so? Especially now that they're trying to hit American troops in Iraq and attack Israel via revolutionary troops or mercenaries stationed in Palestine and Syria.

I don't recall if I've already told you all that a friend of mine reported his aunt's decease a couple of weeks ago after she and her husband had traveled to Europe and were hospitalized after arriving in Costa Rica. Several of her symptoms, including a rare kidney failure, seem to match the new coronavirus's. By the way, she was an elderly lady. Still, the Costa Rican ministry of health wanna let us think nothing strange is happening down here. Right, China told the government not to close our borders. What a wise decision!

San Francisco declares emergency over coronavirus
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china...SKCN20K0A8
Curiously, San Francisco has no reported cases of the dreadful virus as of today. O_o? Is this measure justified?

Hong Kong to give cash gift of $1,200 to residents
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51640456
What did I just say about weird measures? This one clearly shows us how people and even the local government can go desperate.

Hong Kong unveils record budget deficit to cushion blow from coronavirus, protests
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongk...SKCN20K0C7

It's not bad to do whatever you can to help people in need, especially due to the coronavirus threat, but how exactly can Hong Kong finance such a help package for the afflicted population or companies?

And why does the article headline or link mention a relief package but the article itself talks about a major deficit found in Hong Kong's budget? It clearly looks like a paradox, perhaps even a real oxymoron.

Japan urges firms to have staff work from home over coronavirus; soccer postponed
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china...SKCN20J0EB
O_O Well, I wonder if MetalRenard will be asked to work from home.

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After the coral ban, I lost everything
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51629600
In an island close to Bali, a man has gone through a tough situation. His government had forbidden the commercialization of corals in an attempt to protect coral reefs. Sadly, it didn't take into consideration there were people out there farming coral underwater. Things seem to be improving but the controversy might vanish any time soon.  

Syrian opposition fighters retake key town from government
https://apnews.com/9dd7b9b3674a5a635f789c0d9489cc66
Well, Sarqeb or Saraqeb has been retaken by Syrian rebels with some serious help from Turkish troops. This also means they've blocked the Damascus-Aleppo road once again.


Gunman kills 5 at Milwaukee brewery before taking own life
https://apnews.com/8b6f867e5f52baf2b699f564d177e899
Milwaukee now has a(nother) sad reason to feel sad. Why people can't resolve their issues in a non violent way?

Docking gives Intelsat telecoms satellite new lease of life
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51651374
So now old satellites can last longer in space!? That sounds like a real success! I wonder how far they can go in order to clean our skies or refurbish satellites. O_O

Trump urges calm even as US reports worrisome new virus case
https://apnews.com/8287900ddb86598dac52ee9f3fce23c5

Another person in the U.S. is infected — someone in California who doesn’t appear to have the usual risk factors of having traveled abroad or being exposed to another patient.

Even so Trump says that everything will be under control and his vice president will lead the efforts to contain and minimize the coronavirus effects in the US. Will it be good enough to prevent Americans from passing away or getting extremely scared of the virus?  

Australian campuses offer cash, discounts to China students
https://apnews.com/35c10a98d44e049cb938337491910931
I know Australia depends economically on foreign students but this is a very dangerous game. The virus could still take about 4 weeks to emerge visibly before people get tested for the coronavirus.

Germany in warning over a virus epidemic
https://apnews.com/230fa2d2e2891ab2ccb6d9c8a5f479bf
I wonder if it's wise to start calling it an epidemic if cases don't reach the 100 or 200 milestone. In some other countries new cases reports stalled after finding very few people that had contracted the coronavirus. What makes them think it won't be the case in Germany?


Facebook bans ads with false claims about new virus
https://apnews.com/5218eebf3b0564cb4574f4ffdfe2960c
Well, that was the least they could have done under dire circumstances. I just hope that such false claims never come true.  

The Latest: Biden not worried about Trump refusing to leave
https://apnews.com/a7a9df8376797a3e6e73ef85987f0632
It seems politicians are using even the dreadful Covid-19 as a campaign topic. That's quite sad indeed.

AP FACT CHECK: Democrats distort coronavirus readiness
https://apnews.com/d36d6c4de29f4d04beda3db00cb46104
What a surprise! Democrats once again tell lies to make you believe any situation is worse than since Republicans arrived at the White House.

THE FACTS: They’re both wrong to say the agencies have seen their money cut. Bloomberg is repeating the false allegation in a new ad that states the U.S. is unprepared for the virus because of “reckless cuts” to the CDC. Trump’s budgets have proposed cuts to public health, only to be overruled by Congress, where there’s strong bipartisan support for agencies such as the CDC and NIH. Instead, financing has increased.
...
The broader point about there being “nobody here” to coordinate the response sells short what’s in place to handle an outbreak.

The public health system has a playbook to follow for pandemic preparation — regardless of who’s president or whether specific instructions are coming from the White House. Those plans were put into place in anticipation of another flu pandemic, but are designed to work for any respiratory-borne disease.

Oh but Democrats still claim they've done nothing to get ready to face an epidemic in the US.


With first case, Latin America prepares for COVID-19 virus
https://apnews.com/fcf7d44a4d0a5d85d533588f647892e8
It's good to see Latin America is taking the virus seriously but I feel bad for the way AP excluded Costa Rica and some other countries. In Costa Rica the Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Salud) said they were prepared for its possible arrival and Inciensa, one of its institutes attached to the ministry, will be in charge of performing the polymerase chain reaction tests that will confirm or discharge any suspected case of infection. Nope, they won't bar travelers from China or South Korea or Italy from entering the country, they will just take them in and send them to Inciensa if they feel sick.

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Removing police GPS trackers from your car isn't theft
https://www.linuxexperten.com/news/remov...isnt-theft
Have you found a strange tracking device attached to your car!? Well, you can safely remove it for you're not stealing it the court says.  

German social media users want money from Facebook
https://www.linuxexperten.com/news/germa...y-facebook
Melana or TsunamiJurai, stop being so materialistic! Poor Facebook also needs to make money from your personal data.

First amendment doesn't apply on YouTube
https://www.linuxexperten.com/news/first...ly-youtube
Are you American? Or are you planning to sue YouTube? Guess what? You won't succeed if you've got issues with YT's policies since it's a private forum and they can enforce their own rules if deemed necessary.

Intentan estafar a ticos con falsos tratamientos “milagrosos” contra coronavirus
They attempt to scam Costa Ricans with fake miracle treatments for coronavirus
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/intenta...ronavirus/
Some barefaced scammers sent messages or posted ads asking Costa Ricans to purchase coronavirus treatments for only 26000 colones or US$45 approximately.

US AIDS Expert Named to Join Anti-Coronavirus Effort
https://www.voanews.com/science-health/c...rus-effort
I dunno know her so you better tell me who she is. O_O Can she solve the issues pertaining the coronavirus and the medical supplies?

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WHO Holds Daily News Briefing on Coronavirus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itP54nMn2sE
What makes me worry a little bit is that less than 20000 people have watched the video. It's been available for 17 hours and still... Of course news media gotta have covered the speech back then. Hopefully...

WHO raises Global Risk from Coronavirus to the highest level of alert
“We have now increased our assessment of the risk of spread and the risk of impact of COVID-19 to very high at global level,” World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters.

“If we don’t take action... that may be a future that we have to experience,” he said, adding that “a lot of the future of this epidemic is in the hands of ourselves.”

Concerning New Cases in France - For French speakers only
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/live/2020..._3244.html

"A new stage of the epidemic has been reached. We’ve now moved to stage 2: which means the virus circulates in our territory and we have to slow down its spread." said French Health Minister Olivier Véran.

In the wake of the coronavirus, movies like Contagion and Outbreak have become very popular
https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/lifestyles...ar-404335/
I guess it's normal to expect an increase in people watching such movies during any crisis.

Coronavirus: Rescuing China's animals during the outbreak
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51614957

Volunteers in China say they're struggling to keep up with the number of animals being abandoned as the country battles the virus outbreak.

I guess patients and many other people just preferred to forget they had pets to take care of... Well, feeling quite sick or getting quarantined doesn't make things easy for them, right?

Geneva auto show, other big events canceled amid virus fears
https://apnews.com/9ddecfb89c0c9dddc8129322716363a1
Well, many people won't be able to take a look at new cars and concept ones this year in Switzerland.

Section Free of Coronavirus

Fish oil supplements offer 'little or no benefit' against cancer
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51674313
Ooops! I know a few people that take suck supplements...

Feds reject removal of 4 US Northwest dams in key report
https://apnews.com/e1a60df0a37f29ce8a86fa18ff8513f5
I know some people love nature but there are things that just won't work no matter how much you think eliminating infrastructure might impact the environment positively. The need for unclean methods to generate electricity would just increase dramatically.

Court halts Trump asylum policy, then suspends its own order
https://apnews.com/48092a71a9008e4c76e195e5fb366ea3
First they blocked Trump's border policy and then they out of the blue decided to wait till the parts get more time to present their arguments and counterarguments!?
I thought the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was just an anti-Trump court. What would make then reconsider it!? O_O

Judge William Fletcher, writing the majority, sided with the American Civil Liberties Union and other advocacy groups who argued the policy violates international treaty obligations against sending people back to a country where they are likely to be persecuted or tortured on the grounds of race, religion, ethnicity, political beliefs or membership in a particular social group.

Well, USA didn't return the asylum seekers to their own countries, the border authorities just let them stay in Mexico, right?  

Trump picks Ratcliffe as top intelligence official, again
https://apnews.com/88fa3274f1826002e8c39b307922040e
Why would Trump insist on nominating him as an official!?

US, Taliban set peace signing for America’s longest war
https://apnews.com/70626747d0b9ee4dec98042119efff98
So will Trump manage to make the Afghan government and the Taliban sign a peace treaty?


As India counts dead, brutality of Hindu-Muslim riot emerges
https://apnews.com/fc33669f25c98b0762917ea093f21916
Sometimes violence can be far worse than illnesses.

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How to Wear and Dispose a Mask

According to WHO

https://youtu.be/lrvFrH_npQI

Explainer: Coronavirus reappears in discharged patients, raising questions in containment fight
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china...SKCN20M124

A growing number of discharged coronavirus patients in China and elsewhere are testing positive after recovering, sometimes weeks after being allowed to leave the hospital, which could make the epidemic harder to eradicate.
On Wednesday, the Osaka prefectural government in Japan said a woman working as a tour-bus guide had tested positive for the coronavirus for a second time. This followed reports in China that discharged patients throughout the country were testing positive after their release from the hospital.
Experts say there are several ways discharged patients could fall ill with the virus again. Convalescing patients might not build up enough antibodies to develop immunity to SARS-CoV-2, and are being infected again. The virus also could be “biphasic”, meaning it lies dormant before creating new symptoms.
But some of the first cases of “reinfection” in China have been attributed to testing discrepancies.
On Feb. 21, a discharged patient in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu was readmitted 10 days after being discharged when a follow-up test came back positive.

You CAN CONTRACT Covid-19 a Second Time!!

Song Tie, vice director of the local disease control center in southern China’s Guangdong province, told a media briefing on Wednesday that as many as 14% of discharged patients in the province have tested positive again and had returned to hospitals for observation.

Valoran posible caso de paciente con coronavirus en el país
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/valoran...n-el-pais/
Descartan que paciente del San Juan de Dios tenga coronavirus Covid-2019
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/descart...ovid-2019/

The first article states that health authorities are studying a possible case of coronavirus in Costa Rica. The female patient had traveled to Italy and she started feeling sick after she returned to Costa Rica. In a private hospital in Escazú, San José physicians detected some strain of coronavirus.

The second article claims the Ministry of Health refuted the rumors and insisted on being the first to admit there's any case of coronavirus if it ever reached Costa Rica. Curiously both articles mention how the ministry skipped one of the steps required to scientifically deny she had contracted the Covid-19 disease, Inciensa won't analyze any sample even if it's the only institution in the
country that's capable of properly detect the coronavirus that is worrying sick many other countries around the world.

People in my WhatsApp group have stated that we should not listen to "tabloids" that want to alarm Costa Ricans with fake reports of the Wuhan virus. Sadly the local government has not been very communicative when it was supposed to...

Wash. state sees 1st virus death in US, declares emergency
https://apnews.com/f175d89567a26d59cab27725c9e8a0d7

The governor of Washington declared a state of emergency Saturday after a man died there of COVID-19, the first such reported death in the United States. More than 50 people in a nursing facility are sick and being tested for the virus.

I guess it was a matter of time before they had to announce such a terrible event had taken place in the US.

US ups travel restrictions as Trump says more cases ‘likely’
https://apnews.com/ad97746163f019c576837838f8a6d267

Trump appeared at a hastily called news conference in the White House briefing room with Vice President Mike Pence and top public health officials to announce that the U.S. was banning travel to Iran and urging Americans not to travel to regions of Italy and South Korea where the virus has been prevalent.
...
Trump said he was considering additional restrictions, including closing the U.S. border with Mexico in response to the virus’ spread, but later added: “This is not a border that seems to be much of a problem right now.”
“We’re thinking about all borders,” he said.

Italy reports virus cases top 1,100, deaths reach 29
https://apnews.com/abd8a51b32f323b1fb3a440697ec6375

Authorities reported that Italy’s total confirmed cases grew to 1,128, a 27% increase from 24 hours earlier. The vast majority are in three northern regions, all economically productive and among the most visited in the country : Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia Romagna.

Eight more people infected with the coronavirus died since Friday night, all of them elderly and all in the same three regions, according to civil protection authorities.

It's a sad episode in Italian history for sure.

Iran says ‘tens of thousands’ may get tested for coronavirus
https://apnews.com/073e57f9b47f67d1db2fd39db69924b9
I guess they noticed they couldn't keep hiding the fact that their death toll was too high for a disease that doesn't show signs it might kill a high percent of the infected patients.

What if they played the games and nobody came?
https://apnews.com/2679fff6852a415b85e50fbfa2247c01
Nowadays there's uncertainty concerning the Summer Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo, Japan. Matches in South Korea and Italy took place without a single fan to ever watch them play soccer or basketball. Will the Olympic Games become a TV only event as well?

Germany Introduces Rigorous Border Checks as Coronavirus Precaution Measure
https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/ge...n-measure/

A task force of the federal government of Germany decided last Friday to impose stricter controls at its border checks, including demanding from travellers coming from countries with a coronavirus outbreak – Italy, South Korea, Japan and Iran – to disclose their health status upon arrival.
The government also intensified checks on railways and has guided the federal police to boost border patrols, as another measure in this regard, after the number of people containing the coronavirus reached 90.
As a result of the new measures, the ITB tourism trade fair which was set to bring over 160,000 visitors to Berlin the following week has been cancelled.
...
With the number of cases in Germany keeps increasing, in the German municipality of Heinsberg, near the Dutch border already counts 35 persons containing the disease. The authorities of the district have rejected the idea of a blanket quarantine, however.

Aktuelle Informationen zum Coronavirus (28.02.2020)
Up to date Information concerning the Coronavirus (02/28/2020)
https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium...virus.html
https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Ne...ahlen.html
The official announcement of the German Ministry of Health might not include some of the latest confirmed cases in Germany depending on when exactly it was published.

Worldometers.info reports France has announced 100 confirmed cases, 43 are new, 2 people have deceased, 86 active cases, 12 inactive cases alias patients that have been released by hospital authorities and 8 cases in serious conditions.

Pet dog in Hong Kong in quarantine after testing 'weak positive' for coronavirus
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/29/asia/...index.html

A pet dog has been placed in quarantine in Hong Kong after it tested a "weak positive" for the novel coronavirus, authorities said.
The dog was handed over to the Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) after its owner was infected with the coronavirus, the department said in a statement.
"We're working with authorities in Hong Kong and scientists in Hong Kong who are testing ... the dog ... to understand these results and to understand where or if the dog was actually infected or if the dog picked this up from a contaminated surface, for example," Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead of the World Health Organization's Health Emergencies Program, said during a press briefing Friday.

Other news media like CNBC have also reported this unexpected finding. O_O

Trump seeks high court approval to speed deportations
https://apnews.com/bb26594b1498068e687208a8ec416f6b

Since 2004, immigration officials have targeted for quick deportation undocumented immigrants who are picked up within 100 miles of the U.S. border and within 14 days of entering the country. The Trump administration is seeking to expand that authority so that people detained anywhere in the U.S. and up to two years after they got here could be quickly deported.

It seems to be a bad time for illegal aliens in the US to try to cross the border or even hide in the US if they had managed to avoid being spotted by authorities.

Caso UPAD: allanamientos siguen activos luego de 24 horas
https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/caso-up...-24-horas/
UPAD is the illegal unit responding to President Carlos Alvarado only I've denounced in the last 8 days. Fiscalía or the Costa Rican equivalent of the Office of the District Attorney has stormed the Casa Presidencial (where the president normally works) and Mideplan, a ministry in charge of planning everything related to public politics and strategies. That office seized computers and even official and personal cellphones in an attempt to gather all possible proofs that could confirm the President, some ministers and the UPAD had committed several crimes

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Second moon spotted by astronomers

Earth might have a second moon - but not for long!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/51657682

UK military gears up for deployment in Mali
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51699107

Britain is significantly stepping up its military support in West Africa to help combat the world's fastest growing Islamist-led insurgency.

Climate change: Warm winter ruins German ice wine harvest
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51695464

Germany's harvest of ice wine - a dessert wine produced from grapes that have frozen while still on the vine - has failed for the first time because the winter has been too warm.

Well, now Asian consumers won't be able to taste such a curious wine variety.

Coronavirus: PM to chair Cobra committee meeting as UK virus reach 36
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51700604
British people gotta know that day had to come at some point.


China Uighurs 'moved into factory forced labour' for foreign brands
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51697800

Thousands of Muslims from China's Uighur minority group are working under coercive conditions at factories that supply some of the world's biggest brands, a new report says.
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute said this was the next phase in China's re-education of Uighurs.
China has already detained about a million Uighurs at internment camps, punishing and indoctrinating them.
Officials say the camps are aimed at countering extremism.

What else could we ever expect from the totalitarian China!?

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People with albinism issued with protective alarms in Malawi
https://apnews.com/57b8109fc989fe03a301f9d075471fdd
When mysticism meets market demand...

Disgruntled ex-guard takes dozens of hostages in Manila mall
https://apnews.com/a0e2c6b15fbc4bbba3786f862de351f9
O_O I wonder why the guard was dismissed in the first place...

Exit polls: Netanyahu short of majority in Israel vote
https://apnews.com/1465b297a02795783f5d8927b7058c72
So the Likud won 59 seats in the Knesset. They'll still need to form a coalition after all. O_O

Navy slow to protest latest Chinese laser attack on P-8 jet
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/202...-attack-o/

It was the second time in two years that U.S. military aircraft were the target of lasers fired by the Chinese military. In early 2018, U.S. C-130 aircraft flying near the Horn of Africa were involved in multiple lazing incidents involving a high-power laser fired from inside the PLA’s military base at Djibouti, injuring the eyes of two U.S. military air crew members. A diplomatic protest was also lodged with the Chinese over that incident.

The spread of the coronavirus couldn't have come at a worse time for Corona beer
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/28/busin...index.html
The CEO Behind Corona Just Responded to Claims That Coronavirus Is Hurting Beer Sales
https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/the-ce...gence.html
So the (Mexican) beer is no longer your favorite drink? But people working for the company said Corona Extra sales grew 5% in the United States in the four-weeks that ended February 16. O_o?

Leaked Documents Suggest That China Lied About Coronavirus Case Numbers
https://gritdaily.com/leaked-documents-s...e-numbers/
O_o? So China lied about the amount of infected people in their country? Is this actual news for us Westerners?

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Chinese Authorities Require Government Offices to Destroy Data Related to Coronavirus Outbreak
https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-au...57797.html
It states Chinese doctors knew about the coronavirus symptoms since December 20th!

Iran temporarily releases 54,000 prisoners to try and stop coronavirus from spreading in jails
https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-relea...irus-jails
Weird move indeed. O_O

Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili told reporters certain inmates were allowed out of prison after testing negative for COVID-19 and posting bail. “Security prisoners,” sentenced to more than five years, would not be let out.

Not such a great decision after all.

Twitter is testing ephemeral tweets in Brazil and calling them ‘fleets’
https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/4/211638...-ephemeral

Did you ever wanted to post temporary tweets? Well, it might come sooner than you've ever thought!

Facebook adds more pharmaceutical ads
https://www.linuxexperten.com/news/faceb...utical-ads

Yeah, it could get problematic any time soon...


India Lifts Ban On Cryptocurrency Trading
https://www.linuxexperten.com/news/india...cy-trading
First you can't trade with cryptocurrencies but now you can... What kind of game is India playing here?

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Turkey claims migrant killed in Greek border clash
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51735715

Turkish officials have said a man was fatally wounded when Greek security forces opened fire as migrants gathered at the border on Wednesday.

Italy's Corinaldo tragedy: Pepper spray stampede suspects to face judge
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51721364
Yes, you bad guys! Robberies do go wrong!
How the hell did they think people couldn't die during the mess they'd caused?

Kim Kardashian visits White House with prisoners she helped free
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51744918

The women had also appealed to President Barack Obama for their sentences to be commuted before he left office, but the requests were denied.

I wonder why Trump did it when Obama just ignored the issue...


Syria war: Satellite images reveal Idlib destruction and displacement
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51734748
War really changed a lot of things in Syria...

Israel election: Netanyahu seeks defectors after failing to secure majority
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51734745
Well, we can't really call it a failure, they still can get 3 other MPs to join him.

US defence department linguist charged with espionage
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51746192
I feared this could happen one day... Somehow it now feels bad to be right.


Coronavirus alerts: Are South Korea's too revealing?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51733145
Do you live in South Korea? Are you a tourist visiting some landmarks there? Well, you might not like this but if you ever contract the coronavirus there, you'd be in trouble. People might learn too much about what you might have been doing there... Blame MERS for it.

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Coronavirus Covid-19 in Costa Rica!?

 

Salud confirma primer caso sospechoso de coronavirus en el país
Costa Rican Ministry of Health confirms first suspicious case of coronavirus in the country
https://www.teletica.com/250876_salud-co...en-el-pais

El Ministerio de Salud de Costa Rica estudia el primer caso sospechoso de coronavirus. La paciente es una mujer costarricense de 52 años, vecina del cantón de Pococí.
Aparentemente la mujer estuvo en Italia y Túnez y llegó al país el día 29 de febrero; pero al momento de su ingreso no presentaba síntomas que coincidieran con la definición de caso.
Posteriormente, la mujer empezó a presentar síntomas y al someterla a un examen preliminar, dio resultado negativo por otros tipos de virus respiratorios.

The quote handles about the pacient, a 52 year old woman who lives in Pococí, Limón. She seems to have returned from Italy and Tunisia on February 29th, but she didn't show any symptoms back then. Recently she did show them and preliminary tests were negative for other viruses.

She had traveled with a friend of hers who seems to live in Heredia, Costa Rica. Both, the first suspect's husband and the second patient's mother are isolated as a precaution.

Se suma otra paciente sospechosa de coronavirus
They add another patient suspected of contracting coronavirus
https://www.elmundo.cr/costa-rica/se-sum...ronavirus/

La mujer de 47 años de Heredia está aislada con su madre en su casa de habitación...

Yeap, she's the second suspected case I was talking about a little while ago... She happens to be her niece.

Here's the official Ministry of Health press conference (in Spanish only).

Salud reporta 2 nuevos casos sospechosos de COVID-19

Ministry of Health reports 2 new suspected cases of Covid-19

https://www.crhoy.com/nacionales/salud-r...-covid-19/

Two New Yorkers were isolated in Costa Rica and are waiting for test results, the American Embassy has been notified. The husband had been in touch with a suspected case in New York City, his wife only started showing symptoms after arriving in Costa Rica.

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Here are a few words from Dr. Tedros, Head of WHO.

https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1235...wsrc%5Etfw

More Cases Being Reported In China Of Recovered Covid-19 Patients Dying Suddenly
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/mu...g-suddenly

Hanyang Guobo Fangcang Hospital in Wuhan, China has reported on that a 36-year-old man died of Covid-19 disease that is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus just days after being declared recovered from the disease and discharged from a hospital, raising fresh questions about the risk of recurrence, the criteria used by hospitals to define recovery and the effects of residual viral loads in the human body. He is one of the many cases of such occurrences all over in China over the last two weeks. On Feb. 27, another patient died after being reported recovered in Shanxi province and similar documented occurrences were reported in Zhejiang, Sichuan and Guangdong besides Hubei.

Well, China isn't known for being honest about serious stuff...

New Studies Shows How Coronavirus Affects GI Tract and Also Highlights Fecal Transmissions As Another Route For Viral Spread
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/br...ral-spread

As more new coronavirus research is emerging, which Thailand Medical News is dedicated to help disseminate so as to help the global medical community despite attempts to being stopped by a certain American owned social media platform, it is now gradually unfolding that the new SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus is a unique virus that mankind has yet to encounter, and is far more in a league on its own when compared to all other known viruses. Over the next few days, we will be releasing more research studies that will be surprising and even confusing due the anomalies that are being uncovered.

Latest Research Published by Chinese Scientists Say Coronavirus Might Render Certain Male Patients Infertile
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/br...-infertile

According to the new researched published in medrxiv, an open source online medical journal, the coronavirus typically attacks the ACE2 (Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2)) receptors in human tissues.
 
The team of urology researchers  that comprised of Dr Jianqing Wang, Dr Caibin Fan, Dr Kai Li, Dr Yanhong Ding and Dr Wei Lu focused primarily on renal and testicular tissues as these were also ‘rich’  with ACE2 receptors especially the renal tubular cells, Leydig cells and cells in seminiferous ducts in the testis.
The study results showed that the new coronavirus expressed potent pathogenicity to both renal and testicular tissues with resultant lesions.
The damaged testicular tissues could lead to infertility in most of the male patients.

O_O I don't wanna confirm that, you know!

A few days ago Thailand had published another curious article...

Rajavithi Hospital success in curing coronavirus patient is 'a controlled trial'
https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30381485

Dr Kriangsak Atipornvanich and Assoc Prof Dr Suebsai Kongsangdao said that the cure took 48 hours before the coronavirus was removed from secretions in the respiratory system.
“This is not a cure,” Dr Kriangska said. One of the patients received the same treatment but showed allergic reactions. However, the doctors said the result was satisfactory.
The cocktail of drugs includes Oseltamivir that is usually prescribed for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome together with Lopinavir and Ritonavir, which is administered for HIV cases.
Lopinavir and Ritonavir have been used internationally to fight the novel coronavirus.

Would they allow infected people recover? I know it's your immune system's job to let you get out of such a messy situation but if drugs can help you here...

Singapore Coronavirus Study Shows That Virus Lingers In Rooms And Toilets
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/ch...nsmissions

https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/si...nd-toilets

A Singapore Coronavirus research indicates that patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 disease, extensively contaminate their bedrooms and bathrooms, reflecting the need for frequent disinfecting and cleaning of such areas.
The Singapore research just published yesterday in JAMA (Journal Of The American Medical Association) said that the virus was killed by twice-a-day cleaning of surfaces and daily cleaning of floors with a commonly used disinfectant, which suggests that current decontamination measures are sufficient as long as people adhere to them.

Do you recall if you clean up your room and bathroom? Nope? Well, you better do it first thing in the morning.

Coronavirus Did Not Originate From Wuhan Market But Was ‘Imported’
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/br...s-imported
The study they mentioned in their article
https://www.researchgate.net/publication...nomic_data
Yeah, I do think I've posted another article telling us that it couldn't have begun in Wuhan Seafood Wholesale Market as announced by the Chinese government but now we got more information about such a study.
So will we ever know how did it all start?
 
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I bet it was released from Wuhan's Level 4 laboratory!
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Australian composer Brett Dean hospitalized with coronavirus
https://apnews.com/22602c43a404a9dd0a04783cc7260cfa
Does anybody know who he is? I know, I'm not the best music fan ever to live on Earth.

South Korea blasts Japan over virus entry restrictions
https://apnews.com/d5e7211bda12c9fde791e1cb253cc0e7

Seoul expressed “extreme regret” Friday over Japan’s ordering 14-day quarantines on all visitors from South Korea due to a surge in viral infections and warned of retaliation if Tokyo doesn’t withdraw the restrictions.
The response came a day after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the quarantine, which also applies to visitors from China.

Yeah, I know, it's hard to swallow up. Even so it seems normal to be careful about visitors that might have contracted the virus already. (Please don't ask me why I BADLY NEEDED to say that... )

Coronavirus Can Also Attack The Nervous System, Causing Neurological Conditions And Even Viral Encephalitis
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/br...cephalitis
You already knew about the following symptoms: fever, cough, dispnea, and sometimes even kidney failure. Well, you better add encephalitis to that list.

First Case of Coronavirus in the Vatican!
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-healt...SKBN20T13O
Curiously, they don't tell who the victim is or what's his or her job. They deny the pope had contracted it. (Even if he sweats like... you know, the thing!)